DURHAM, N.C. – Senior Julian Suri was named to
The Ben Hogan Award Watch List on Wednesday as announced by Crowne Plaza Hotels
& Resorts, in conjunction with Colonial Country Club, The Friends of Golf
(FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America. The list includes natives of
nine different countries, representatives of 20 universities and 17 golfers
appearing on the Watch List for the first time.

Suri, a third team All-America in 2012, ranks in the top 10
of the Duke record books in rounds in the 60s, under-par rounds, top 5
finishes, top 10 finishes, top 20 finishes and stroke average. The St.
Augustine, Fla., native had a strong fall season with four top 20 finishes,
including three top 10s. He claimed the third tournament victory of his career
at the Rod Myers Invitational and shot even-par or better in seven of his 12
rounds this fall. Suri enters the spring season with a 71.5 stroke average and
ranked 58th in the Golfweek rankings.

The most prestigious award in men’s college golf, The Ben
Hogan Award is presented annually to the top men’s NCAA Division I, II or III,
NAIA or NJCAA college golfer taking into account all collegiate and amateur
competitions during the past 12-month period. The Ben Hogan Award Selection
Committee represents leaders in amateur and collegiate golf.

A list of 10 semifinalists, which could include individuals
not on the current list, will be unveiled on Thursday, April 18. On Wednesday,
May 8, that group will be pared down to three finalists. The winner will be
crowned at a black-tie banquet at Colonial Country Club on Monday, May 20,
prior to the start of the PGA TOUR’s Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.

The award, which was first issued in 1990 and included
academic achievement in its original list of standards, revised its criteria
for the 2001-02 collegiate season to its current standard of honoring the
outstanding amateur collegiate golfer.

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Just 10 of the individuals have been named to previous Watch Lists, including
eight from the 2012 list.

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Only one freshman made the list this year after five appeared on the list last
year.

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In the collegiate rankings, the list includes 9 of the top 10 and 18 of the top
20 players in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin individual rankings. It also contains
the top 10 and 19 of the top 25 in the Golfstat rankings.

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Among amateur rankings, the list boasts 4 of the top 5 and 12 of the top 20 in
the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking. It also features 5 of the top 7 and
12 of the top 20 players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

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A total of 20 universities are represented. Four schools--California (4),
Washington (3), Alabama (2) and Florida (2)--have multiple nominees.

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Ten of the 18 American-born players are from either California (6) or Florida
(4).

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The four members of the California Golden Bears match the most ever on the
Watch List by one school. Oklahoma State also had four make the list in 2010.

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One-third (9 of the 27) of the Watch List is comprised of athletes from the
Pac-12 Conference. The other leagues with multiple student-athletes on the
Watch List include: SEC (5), Big 12 (4) and ACC (3). In all, 10 leagues are
represented.

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Stanford’s Patrick Rodgers was one of the three Hogan Award finalists in 2012.
A total of five semifinalists from 2012 appear on the Watch List: Rodgers,
Julien Brun, Cheng-Tsung Pan, Justin Thomas and Chris Williams.

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This is the eighth consecutive year that Stanford has had a player named to the
Watch List, the longest active streak by any school. The next longest active
streaks are Alabama (6) and Illinois (4).

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Three schools—Iowa State, Nova Southeastern and St. Mary’s—have a Watch List
member for the first time ever.

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Ben Taylor of Division II Nova Southeastern is the lone non-Division I golfer
on the list.